Maven Dependency

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See this bean for a full example of how jaxrs:client can be used to inject a proxy. Note that WebClient can also be injected as a jaxrs:client.

Asynchronous proxy invocations

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Proxy sub-resource methods returning Objects can not be invoked. Prefer to have sub-resource methods returning typed classes: interfaces, abstract classes or concrete implementations. 

Working with user models

Proxies can be created with the external user model being applied to a proxy class, for example:

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Please see JAXRSClientSpringBoot documentation on how CXF JAX-RS Clients can be used in a SpringBoot Application.

Clients and HTTP(s)

The default HttpClientHTTPConduit conduit by default supports the following HTTPS protocols: TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3. Since Apache CXF 4.0.4 / 3.6.3 release, the default HttpClientHTTPConduit respects https.protocols system property (see please https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/diagnosing-tls-ssl-and-https) and if set, would use the provided protocols. This behavior could be turned off by setting https.protocols.ignored system property to "true" (the default value is "false").